Basil Dearden

Guests at an English estate recall nightmares.

In the Sudan, in 1884 to 1885, Egyptian forces led by British General Charles "Chinese" Gordon (Charlton Heston) defend Khartoum against an invading Muslim Army led by a religious fanatic, Mohammed Ahmed el Mahdi (Sir Laurence Oli...

A closeted lawyer risks his career to bring a blackmailer to justice.

A disgruntled veteran recruits a group of disgraced colleagues to perform a bank robbery with military precision.

A woman causes a group of assassins to face their greatest challenge.

Tyrannical, but ailing, tycoon Charles Richmond becomes very fond of his attractive Italian nurse, Maria. The nurse, in turn, falls in love with Charles' ne'er-do-well nephew Anthony, who plots ways to gain control of his uncle's ...

Harold Pelham discovers a doppelganger is meddling with his personal and professional life in the aftermath of a car crash.

The daily routine of two London Policemen is interrupted by a killer.

A young couple inherits a debt-ridden old movie theater, appropriately nicknamed "The Flea Pit", and the three eccentric senior citizens who work there.

The murder of a young woman in London exposes deep racial tensions and prejudices inherent in the area.

An assassin is annoyed by a vacuum cleaner salesman determined to stop him.

This movie, based on William Shakespeare's Othello, is neatly positioned as a vehicle to showcase some of the best jazz musicians of the period, including Dave Brubeck and Charles Mingus.

A group of travellers, all with something to hide in their past, take shelter from a storm in an old inn. The inn-keeper seems a little mysterious...

In 1940, a concentration camp escapee assumes the identity of a dead British officer, only to become a prisoner of war.

A trio of ex-servicemen begin smuggling innocuous black market items into post-war Britain, but through greed they graduate to more sinister cargo.

Young Sophie Dorothea marries Prince George Louis but it's far from a love match. Then she falls for Swedish Count Philip Christoph von Königsmark.

The British secret service hire a WWII veteran to voluntarily kidnap and smuggle a 13-year-old Arab prince into Spain. Once there, a gullible American mercenary is hired to protect him, but greed threatens to spoil the operation.

In post-WW2 Britain, a young woman marries an old flame but after he disappears, and is later declared dead, she re-marries, only to be blackmailed by the supposedly-dead first husband who suddenly re-appears in her life, in need ...

A Royal Air Force pilot who was shot down during World War II returns home to his English village with his new bride. The trouble is that she is the German lady who helped him escape. Then her brother arrives.

Adapted from a J.B. Priestley play with many of the original actors. The tale of various people who have come to live in an "ideal" city and their hopes and reasons for doing so.

This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.

Shortly after the start of World War II, a ukulele player (George) takes the wrong boat and finds himself in (still uninvaded) Norway. He is mistaken for a fellow British intelligence agent by a woman (Mary), and becomes involved ...

Professor Davis, who teaches at a correspondence school, discovers that a Nazi Agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America. The agent is posing as an economics expert seconded to the tr...

When John Harris's daughter is badly injured in an boating accident, the hospital tells him that she will need an urgent blood transfusion. Due to his religious beliefs Harris refuses permission, and the child dies. When the inque...

A young man employed by a cigarette factory is tired of his working class status and joins a gang planning to rob the factory warehouse.

Comedian Tommy Trinder plays it straight in this tribute to the wartime AFS (Auxiliary Fire Service), the dedicated band who kept the fires of London under control during the blitz and fire bombings of WWII.

A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion.